Amsterdam in da house!
Well, we are in Amsterdam!
Getting here was no easy task, always interesting and sometimes fun, but not easy. Caleb's mom. Deb was very kind to take us to the airport and to lunch. Our fflights went off without a hitch. Before we got on our first flight in Chicalg we mnet this nice retired(both of them teachers)couple, Anne and Keith from wakasha wi. They were on theirway to London and paris for a couple of weeks. We talked withthem for about an hour and a lalf before we boarded the plane. The british airways know how to fly in style. There is a lot more room and each seat has their own tv screen. You have 12 different movies, farily recent ones too, to choose from at any time. Caleb sat nextto the window and me inthe middle and the girl who sat to my right(only 3 chairs to a section not crowded)was very cool and her name is lisa and she is from scotland. She had been attending a convention in the states. Hopefully we willbe able to stay in touch with her and mabye visit with her and her family while in scotland. When we arrived in amsterdam we thought that our bikes had been left behind becasuse they were not on the baggage bely but they had been sent to another baggage claim area do to the size of the box. Customs was abreeze. The hard part came next. We had to transport our luggage and bike in a box on the trian to central station in amsterdam. The lady at the ticked officetp;distjewrpmgtraomtpgetpm, however we didnt discover this until we were onthe traingoing in the wrong direction. So luckily there are a lot of kind people in amsterdam and they helped us get on the correct train. we made our way to centeral station but it wasnt over yet. we had to put our bikes together as soon as we got to the train station. It took a little longer then we expected and both of us were freezing cold andhad to pee like race horses. Oncethe bikes were assembled we had to wour our packingmagic. it took almost aslong to get our stuff safely onto pur bikes astoput ourbikes together. Once again somevery nice amsterdamians helped us out with some egineering ideas and helped us carry theboxes tothe garbage.WIthourbikes together and stuff in tow we went to the tourist office to find a place to stay. We found an hostelling internationl(which we gotmemberships to yesterday) so we get good discounts. We get freebreakfast and lockers and underground parking for the bikes. we stay in a room with 8 other guys. Everything in clean and coufmorable. Once settled in we went out into the night to explore the city. It was bustling with actifi8ty we found lots of fun things to do. We we4re bothprettytired so we went back to the hostel around 11pm and watched tv for awhile. european mtv, no tomuchbetter then the origonal(butmuch more graphic).
Today wednesday we have decidedto stay atthe hostel again so that we have a chance to look for a good place to camp. we plan on going to an art musemtoday and getting to know the city much better on our bikes without the 60 pounds weighing us down. It will be great!
Getting here was no easy task, always interesting and sometimes fun, but not easy. Caleb's mom. Deb was very kind to take us to the airport and to lunch. Our fflights went off without a hitch. Before we got on our first flight in Chicalg we mnet this nice retired(both of them teachers)couple, Anne and Keith from wakasha wi. They were on theirway to London and paris for a couple of weeks. We talked withthem for about an hour and a lalf before we boarded the plane. The british airways know how to fly in style. There is a lot more room and each seat has their own tv screen. You have 12 different movies, farily recent ones too, to choose from at any time. Caleb sat nextto the window and me inthe middle and the girl who sat to my right(only 3 chairs to a section not crowded)was very cool and her name is lisa and she is from scotland. She had been attending a convention in the states. Hopefully we willbe able to stay in touch with her and mabye visit with her and her family while in scotland. When we arrived in amsterdam we thought that our bikes had been left behind becasuse they were not on the baggage bely but they had been sent to another baggage claim area do to the size of the box. Customs was abreeze. The hard part came next. We had to transport our luggage and bike in a box on the trian to central station in amsterdam. The lady at the ticked officetp;distjewrpmgtraomtpgetpm, however we didnt discover this until we were onthe traingoing in the wrong direction. So luckily there are a lot of kind people in amsterdam and they helped us get on the correct train. we made our way to centeral station but it wasnt over yet. we had to put our bikes together as soon as we got to the train station. It took a little longer then we expected and both of us were freezing cold andhad to pee like race horses. Oncethe bikes were assembled we had to wour our packingmagic. it took almost aslong to get our stuff safely onto pur bikes astoput ourbikes together. Once again somevery nice amsterdamians helped us out with some egineering ideas and helped us carry theboxes tothe garbage.WIthourbikes together and stuff in tow we went to the tourist office to find a place to stay. We found an hostelling internationl(which we gotmemberships to yesterday) so we get good discounts. We get freebreakfast and lockers and underground parking for the bikes. we stay in a room with 8 other guys. Everything in clean and coufmorable. Once settled in we went out into the night to explore the city. It was bustling with actifi8ty we found lots of fun things to do. We we4re bothprettytired so we went back to the hostel around 11pm and watched tv for awhile. european mtv, no tomuchbetter then the origonal(butmuch more graphic).
Today wednesday we have decidedto stay atthe hostel again so that we have a chance to look for a good place to camp. we plan on going to an art musemtoday and getting to know the city much better on our bikes without the 60 pounds weighing us down. It will be great!
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